Lucky Pin Falls places 10th
A local women’s bowling team, named the Lucky Pin Falls, placed 10th nationally during the 2013 USBC Women’s Championships in Reno, Nev., this summer. The team, comprised of two mothers and three...
View ArticleSports Wrap – August 27, 2013
THS Wall of Fame Tooele High School is accepting applications for the Annual Athletic Wall of Fame Induction Ceremony, held Friday, Sept. 20. Applications should include high school and post-high...
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Suzanne Wootton
Suzanne Wootton is celebrating her 70th birthday. Please join us at an open house in her honor on Saturday, Aug. 31 from 2-5 p.m. at the clubhouse, The Oaks in Deer Hollow, 535 Oak Lane, Tooele. No...
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Tooele man arrested for alleged rape of a woman
Oscar G. Estrada-Castillo A Tooele man has been arrested and charged after allegedly raping a woman who came to collect a debt. According to a probable cause report, on Aug. 22 a woman went to the home...
View ArticleIntersection of SR-138, Erda Way closed for construction
The intersection of Erda Way and state Route 138 east of Grantsville closed Tuesday and may remain closed for construction through the end of the week. The closure is in effect on the Erda Way side of...
View ArticlePick-six sparks GHS football victory
High school football offenses generally lag behind the defense at the beginning of the season, and it wasn’t any different for Grantsville in its season opening game Friday night against Cedar. With...
View ArticleDeseret Peak pool may reopen next year
The sound of children and splashing water may return to Deseret Peak Complex’s swimming pool next summer. “We have a proposal on the table from a private company that wants to subsidize the cost of...
View ArticleDistrict exceeds budget goal
Eight weeks after coming to town, Scott Rogers has completed one of his biggest assignments yet. The Tooele County School District has trimmed $1.7 million from its current budget using a series of...
View ArticlePatch Springs fire built bonds between firefighters
The wildfire that raged for two weeks on the Stansbury Mountains is out, but for the Terra firefighters on the front lines, the support and camaraderie that it brought will live on. The Patch Springs...
View ArticleFire at Shady View Apartments
Fire damages units at Shady View Apartments in Tooele. No injuries have been reported. The cause of fire is under investigation.
View ArticleRussell brings happy demeanor to THS girls soccer
Tooele High School’s lone senior on the girls soccer team attacks every challenge head on and does it with a positive attitude. Brindisy Russell, a senior defender for the Lady Buffaloes, operates in...
View ArticleEarly pioneers were intuitive in settling the area quickly
Come take a walk with me back in time, along a trail less traveled. In the 1800s, pioneer settlers coming to what became Utah Territory discovered a dry desert environment with lakes in the surrounding...
View ArticleBulletin Board – August 29, 2013
Tooele Class of ’83 Reunion Tooele High School Class of ’83 reunion will be held Sept. 20-21. The reunion committee is trying to contact all class members to ensure everyone’s attendance. For...
View ArticleStallions try to erase fear of big moments
The Stansbury High School volleyball team enters the 2013 season coming off an appearance in the Utah State 3A Tournament. The Lady Stallions earned the No. 2 seed out of Region 11 with their only two...
View ArticleTHS golfers finish one shot behind Bears
It was pretty much a dead heat among Bear River, Tooele and Stansbury Tuesday afternoon in a Region 11 golf match at Stansbury Golf Course. The Bears fired 305, Buffaloes 306 and Stallions 309. “We...
View ArticlePolice, family continue search for Jane Ashby
It’s been nearly a month since Jane Ashby’s family has seen or heard from her, and police are stumped as far as where to look next. On July 31, the 62-year-old Tooele woman told her daughter she was...
View Article‘My goal is to defund Obamacare,’ says Lee
Utah’s junior U.S senator is devoted to the demise of “Obamacare,” is prepared to support incremental immigration reform, but is not ready to approve U.S. military action in Syria. That’s what Sen....
View ArticleDriver leads police on high-speed chase
A Tooele man who allegedly stole a car from a gas station was arrested Tuesday after leading police on a high-speed chase. At about 5:45 p.m., a gold Toyota Camry was reported stolen from the Chevron...
View ArticleCounty jobless rate holds at 5.2 percent
While the unemployment rate for Utah dipped by one-tenth of a percentage point in July, Tooele County’s unemployment rate for the month remained steady at 5.2 percent, the same as June. “I really don’t...
View ArticleFast fire displaces apartment tenants
A hot and fast fire took out one Tooele apartment and damaged two adjacent ones Wednesday. The blaze at Shadyview Apartments at 600 N. Main was reported at about 12:30 p.m., but by the time...
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